Ownership by Faculty Members. 26.4.1.1 The copyrights to works created by faculty members will be owned by them, even if those works (e.g., class notes recorded by students, syllabi, lectures, student exercises, multimedia programs, and tests) are created in connection with courses they teach, or other duties they perform as faculty members, while they are employed by the District and in connection with their employment, unless the work is created under the circumstances described in paragraph 26.4.2.1 below.
26.4.1.2 In cases where RFP's and grants from outside agencies stipulate in the proposal or formal agreements with the district or college that materials developed as part of the project either remain the property of the outside agency or are to be shared or accessible outside of the district in some way, faculty who receive significant financial support to develop materials as part of the project will be advised before any materials development on their part takes place of this potential loss of ownership and/or future control of any materials developed under the auspices of said grant.
Ownership by Faculty Members. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (“The CBA”) between the Faculty and the District obligates the Faculty Member to teach their assigned courses, and perform other duties, according to the terms set forth in the CBA. The District, however, acknowledges that the terms of the CBA are not intended and shall not be construed to grant any ownership rights to any materials produced by the Faculty in furtherance of these duties; and that the District does not have an interest under The CBA in any copyrights to work created by the Faculty Members in support of or related to their performance of instructional or other duties, including both classroom and distance education. All copyrights to works created by faculty members shall be owned by the Faculty Member or Members who created the works, even if those works are created in connection with courses they teach, or other duties they perform as faculty members, while they are employed by the District and in connection with their employment, unless the work is created under the exceptional circumstances set forth in Section 23.3.2.
Ownership by Faculty Members. The copyrights to works covered in this article will be owned by faculty unless the work is created under the circumstances described in Section 28.4.2a below.
